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Nevada’s recreational pot measure faces big-name foes

People line up in 2015 to be among the first in Nevada to legally purchase medical marijuana at the Silver…

Remains of Colorado men killed fighting Islamic State come home

Relatives of Levi Shirley, 24, and Jordan MacTaggart, 22, huddled together against the morning chill as U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter…

911 system goes under the microscope in Colorado Legislature

Committee hopes to address problems that have led to outages

Durango Area Tourism Office director honored

Kunkel receives Colorado Tourism Office Board Chairman’s Award

Prescribed burn east of Bayfield should improve forest health

That’s the message Forest Service employees shared Friday during the second day of aerial ignition of the Pargin prescribed burn.…

EU looks at defense issue

seeks to expand joint military efforts

Heavy floods hit North Korea

Thousands left homeless as winter nears

Cyberbully case could lead to charges

Chief prosecutor Francesco Greco said Friday that the investigation into charges of instigating suicide was being coordinated with another probe…

Minor party candidates fail to meet debate requirement

The Commission on Presidential Debates said in a statement Friday that Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill…

Media sue FBI to get details on hacking tool

Three media companies are suing the FBI to get it to release information about who developed a tool that allowed…

Skies could soon be filled with drones

expects 1.3M licensed drone pilots by 2020

Undersea volcanoes are hotspots for life

offers glimpse of sea creatures near volcano summit

High-speed internet slowly spreads through Silverton

Forethought.net offers new service to mountain town

Volunteers needed for solar barn raising

Community members will help install a 16.7 kW ground-mounted solar system at Southwest Horizon Ranch on Wednesday.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald file…

Historic Hispano cemeteries to be studied

The San Juan Mountains Association has received a grant to study three Hispano cemeteries in the historic settlements of Pagosa…

County Clerk to speak at Republican luncheon

Parkerdu1-i-syn The luncheon is $17 for members and $21 for non-members. RSVP to Terri Oliger at 749-8546.

Lightner Creek Campground faces fine for missed discharge reports

failed to send monthly wastewater discharge data

Trump changes stand on Obama

he knows president was born in U.S.

U.S. consumer prices ticked up 0.2 percent in August

Shoppers visit the new Westfield World Trade Center mall in New York.Mark Lennihan/Associated Press file The result follows an unchanged…

Torch slices through Arc of History; sculpture is hauled away

stump all that remains at site of controversial public art piece

Literary reading suffers steady decline

Competition from more products and platforms, including video games, movies and the internet, may be driving the decline of literary…

Emergency centers file complaint after 911 outages

Dispatch joins 11 other agencies

New Mexico governor details fight for Facebook data center

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said the state would not have been on Facebook’s radar had it not been for…

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